Mumford, Tate, Eiseley: Watchers in the Night Contributor(s): Carrithers, Gale H. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807116505 ISBN-13: 9780807116500 Publisher: LSU Press OUR PRICE: $37.95 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 1992 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | American - General - History | Americas (north Central South West Indies) |
Dewey: 810.935 |
LCCN: 91011860 |
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.45 lbs) 257 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Though of diverse backgrounds and training, Mumford, Tate, and Eisley shared remarkably concordant and convincing views of the state of twentieth-century American society. All three considered America to be benighted by a dominant myth -- the myth of the machine, in Mumford's phrase -- that resulted in cultural degeneration. Through an examination of selected works of each critic, Carrithers explains how these writers both identified and fought against this myth. |